Language change and pragmatics encompass the dynamic evolution of linguistic forms and the contextual factors that shape their usage. Contemporary research highlights how shifts in social interaction, ...

Pragmatics, the study of language in context, extends beyond the literal meanings of words to include the subtle inferences that speakers and listeners routinely make. A central phenomenon in this ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cognitive Linguistics" book to their offering. In the past few decades, cognitive linguistics has developed into one of ...

Natural Language Semantics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1997), pp. 167-212 (46 pages) This paper presents a theory of mood which ties together its pragmatic and semantic significance. In the first two sections the ...

This article investigates coordination of verbal adjuncts and complements in English, considering coordinations of adjunct with adjunct, complement with complement, and adjunct with complement, for ...